The other day I picked up a truckload of manure from a friend. I could see the steam rising from it as he dug into the huge pile with the bucket on his little tractor. It is a bit hot but spread thinly I put some around my rhubarb. It will be good for a top dressing around the pea vines and on the potatoes. But, because it is so hot and not as soil like as I would like I'm looking for more topsoil. I need to beef up my raised beds so I can plant carrots and the greenhouse needs more nutrients before I can plant basil, beans and tomatoes.
Since I started gardening 20 years ago I always started my seeds inside the house, placing the flats in a south facing window. The plants always sprouted and grew mightly exceeding my expectations. This year they sprouted but they didn't grow.
I'm not sure what the problem was, lack of warmth maybe? Its heartbreaking because it means none of my heirloom tomatoes will reach maturity, everything is in the greenhouse soaking up the spring warmth in the hopes the tomatoes, peppers, portulaca and dill will start to grow. It means, for the first time in 2 decades, I will have to break down and actually buy tomato seedlings or do without
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